Steelers table Le’Veon Bell contract talks

Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell wasn’t interested in finalizing a long-term deal based on the team’s artificial deadline for doing so. So the team wisely has abandoned, at least for now, the concept of setting artificial deadlines.

Steelers G.M. Kevin Colbert, speaking to reporters at the league meetings in Florida, made it NBA Jerseys Cheap clear that the Steelers have tabled contract talks with Bell, for now.

Last year, Bell accepted the franchise tender as late as possible, showing up on Labor Day and collecting his full $12.1 million salary. But he did so without participating in the offseason program, training camp, or the preseason, to the obvious chagrin of the team.

As PFT Live heads to Orlando for three days of broadcasts, we’re scheduled to be joined by Colbert, among various other General Managers, coaches, and others.

Via Kent Somers of the Arizona Republic, the research study is looking for football players over the age of 20, who only have to provide small amounts of blood, saliva and urine. The test is a potential breakthrough, since CTE Good Quality Cheap Jerseys has only been able to be identified during an autopsy.

Two companies, one based in Phoenix are collaborating on the study, and hope to tap into the high number of former NFL players in the area, as they look for 200 past and present players.

“This is ground zero for the launch of this really important study,” said former NFL safety and broadcaster Solomon Wilcots, who leads a “players council” for Exosome Sciences. “If there was ever a time to have a call to action, this would be it. This is where the rubber meets the road. And there is a tremendous number of former NFL players in the Phoenix area.”